Books Quotes

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

I like shows or films or books that have messages but don't beat people over the head with them.

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.

I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating.

Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are.

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

For as spiritual as some people think my books are, I've never really dealt with religious things.

The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an assignment right away, interview somebody, turn the story in by 9:30, and have the finished story in the paper that landed on my desk by noon.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

I'm a very lazy person by nature. I have to be really engaged, and then I go straight from lazy to obsessive. I couldn't study chemistry, but I could memorize all the books for Dungeons and Dragons. It was ridiculous. The trick is to find what I like to do.

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.

My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task.

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do.

Businesses make decisions based on what they are seeing in their order books.

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever.

At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series.